♦ Organizers:
Tadashi MATSUNAGA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Hisao OHTAKE (Osaka University)
Shigeru ISHIMASA (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
 

• Chairperson: Kohsuke HONDA (Osaka University)

  • 14:00–14:05　　Welcome address
    ……○Hisao OHTAKE (Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan)
     
  • 14:05–14:15 (3Ap01)
    Introduction of the JST CREST/PRESTO program research area “Creation of basic technology for improved bioenergy production through functional analysis and regulation of algae and other aquatic microorganisms”
    ……○Tadashi MATSUNAGA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)

 

• Chairperson: Masafumi YOHDA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

  • 14:15–14:50 (3Ap02)
    Can biotechnology address the global energy crisis?
    ……○Jonathan D. TRENT1,2 (1Bioengieering Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, USA, 2Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, USA)

 

• Chairperson: Akira SATO (Yamaha Motor, Co.)

  • 14:50–15:25 (3Ap03)
    Food and fuel from microalgae: Integration of photosynthesis and photovoltaics allows to achieve a positive energy balance of algae biomass production
    ……○Mario R. TREDICI (University of Florence, Italy)
     
  • 15:25–15:35　　BREAK

 

• Chairperson: Tsuyoshi TANAKA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

  • 15:35–16:10 (3Ap04)
    Biorefinery of microalgae
    ……○René H. WIJFFELS (Wageningen University, Bioprocess Engineering, the Netherlands)

 

• Chairperson: Kohsuke HONDA (Osaka University)

  • 16:10–16:20　　Closing remarks
    ……○Shigeru ISHIMASA (Japan Science and Technology Angency (JST), Japan)